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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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London as a whole has a birth-rate of 25.6, a corrected
death-rate of 14.6, a corrected zymotic (death) rate of 1.42 per
1,000 population, and an infantile mortality (corrected) of 116
per 1,000 births. For England and Wales the figures are:—
Birth-rate, 26.3; death-rate, 15.0; infantile mortality, 118.

Table: The corrected number of deaths of males and females registered in each quarter of the year is set out as follows:—

The corrected number of deaths of males and females registered in each quarter of the year is set out as follows:—

Males.Females.Total.
First quarter371381752
Second quarter280268548
Third quarter273254527
Fourth quarter314302616

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Deaths in Public Institutions.
During the year 1907, the deaths of Battersea residents
occurring in public institutions numbered 816, as compared
with 745 in 1906. Of this number 395 occurred within and 421
outside the Borough. 444 deaths occurred in Workhouses or
Un:on Infirmaries, as against 373 in 1906, and 422 in 1905.
The table on page 22 gives a list of the institutions in
which the deaths occurred.